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Optics & Photonics Feb 23, 2021

Measuring hemoglobin levels with AI microscope, microfluidic chips

One of the most performed medical diagnostic tests to ascertain the health of patients is a complete blood count, which typically includes an estimate of the hemoglobin concentration. The hemoglobin level in the blood is ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 22, 2021

Fine-tuning device performance with swarms of swimming cells

Scientists use acoustic microfluidic devices to separate and sort components in fluids, such as red and white blood cells, platelets and tumor cells in blood, to better understand diseases or to develop new treatments. However, ...

Materials Science Feb 3, 2021

Pioneering technique paves way for fast and cheap fabrication of rapid medical diagnostic tools

New technology developed by the University of Bristol has the potential to accelerate uptake and development of on-chip diagnostic techniques in parts of the world where rapid diagnoses are desperately needed to improve public ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 2, 2021

Tracking cells with omnidirectional visible laser particles

Microlaser particles have emerged as unique optical probes for single-cell tracking. However, due to inherent directionality of laser emissions, cell tracking with laser particles suffers from frequent loss of cell traces. ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 27, 2021

Microscopy systems using customized chips could expand on-site identification of pathogens

The development of cost-efficient, portable microscopy units would greatly expand their use in remote field locations and in places with fewer resources, potentially leading to easier on-site analysis of contaminants such ...

Environment Jan 27, 2021

Carbon-chomping soil bacteria may pose hidden climate risk

Much of the earth's carbon is trapped in soil, and scientists have assumed that potential climate-warming compounds would safely stay there for centuries. But new research from Princeton University shows that carbon molecules ...

Analytical Chemistry Jan 14, 2021

Lab-on-a-chip test has potential to detect COVID-19 immune response faster than current antibody testing

A new antibody test being developed by a team that includes two SMU researchers has the potential to detect the presence of antibodies generated in response to COVID-19 faster and with more accuracy than current antibody ...

Nanophysics Jan 14, 2021

Acoustofluidic centrifuge for nanoparticle enrichment and assortment

Liquid droplets have recently gained renewed attention as a simplified model for a variety of fascinating physical phenomena at the scale of the cell nucleus to stellar black holes. In a new report now published in Science ...

Biochemistry Jan 11, 2021

Expanding the boundaries of carbon dioxide fixation

Photorespiration is a highly energy consuming process in plants that leads to the release of previously fixed CO2. Thus, engineering this metabolic process is a key approach for improvement of crop yield and for meeting the ...

Nanophysics Jan 11, 2021

Self‐folding 3-D photosensitive graphene architectures

Stimuli-responsive, self-folding, two-dimensional (2-D) layered materials have interesting functions for flexible electronics, wearables, biosensors, and photonics applications. However, limits with scalability and a lack ...

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